迟疑 Definitions — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chíyí HSK7

to hesitate

迟疑遲疑 chíyí

to hesitate verbadjective: to hesitate; to waver or be uncertain in making a decision; 他的朋友迟疑了片刻。

tā de péngyou chíyí le piànkè.

His friend hesitated a moment.

Frequency

Movie subtitles: 1.70 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text: 4.85 per million

Details

HSK 2.0: Level 6
HSK 3.0: Level 7

Cross-References

Synonym

犹豫 yóuyù

Sources

Frequency data: SUBTLEX-CH BCC Corpus (BLCU)